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Learn an Endangered (or Extinct) Language in Western History and Genealogy
Submitted by Noel on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 5:49pmI feel an affinity for languages. To know more than one language is to be able to see the world in more than one way.
Photo Archive Friday
Submitted by cgehrig on Fri, 04/12/2013 - 1:20pmPhoto showing Senator Edwin C. Johnson pauses during his tour of inspection of Rocky Mountain Arsenal to view the 100lb. incendiary bomb.
Digital Archiving in the 21st Century! (or at least in the early part of it...)
Submitted by bdmiller on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 11:15amWhen our program began not-so-long-ago in 1996-- I doubt very much that those involved could have conceived of the changes-- and new sets of challenges-- that technology would deliver in ten years'
New Castle, Colorado: A Coal Town That Survives Despite Disaster
Submitted by Noel on Sat, 03/23/2013 - 11:45amThe town of New Castle was one of many Western Slope towns incorporated during the coal boom of the 1880’s, but is one of few coal towns from that era to have survived.
Who's the Baddest Man?!?
Submitted by kcutsfor on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 9:58amOn the evening of July 8, 1898, a blazing flash of gun fire illuminated the summer night’s sky and sent the townsfolk of Skagway, Alaska into a panic.
American Indian Newspapers in Western History and Genealogy
Submitted by Noel on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 6:41pmAmerican Indian newspapers help American Indians keep abreast of tribal news across reservations both large and small.
We Got Power! A New Book From An Old Zine On Hardcore Punk
Submitted by Noel on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 6:00pmJack Dempsey: Colorado's Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Submitted by Noel on Mon, 02/04/2013 - 12:54pmDid you know that World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey, the “Manassa Mauler,” was born in Manassa but also lived in many other Colorado towns?
Wo/Men at Work: Exploring Hard Work's Reward
Submitted by Noel on Sat, 01/26/2013 - 12:53pmThis artfully designed, hand-bound book tells two stories of work during an era when what a person did or made was still considered more important than what he or she bought.
































